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Comparative Survey, Descriptive Research

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  Comparative survey research is a type of descriptive survey where it aims to compare the status of two or more variable, institutions, strategies etc. This technique often uses multiple disciplines in one study.This does not only compare different groups but also same group over time.Few points are to be kept in mind before starting the comparative survey. ·        Comparison Points -The research should be very clear regarding the points to be compared. This can also be identified through review of literature and experience of experts. ·        Assumption of Similarities -  One has to be clear about the similarities the two variable hold. If the researcher do not find this there is no point of comparison. Criteria of Comparison - The researcher has to identify the criteria of comparison keeping in mind the fairness and objectivity. Appropriate tools has to be identified for measurement of criterion variables. ...
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Discuss the Theme of The Cocktail Party

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 The Cocktail Party as Revival of Poetic Drama

Significance of Last Act

Feminism and Feminist Theory


The Cocktail Party is one of the most successful poetic plays of T.S.Eliot, The reason is that the Christian theme and spiritual message are carefully mingled with many other factors that impress the audience. The contemporary London society, the drawing room atmosphere, familiar characters surprise; and above all the human tone and the use of verse pattern resembling ordinary speech, accent for the popularity of the play.

Besides the major theme of martyrdom, there are other subsidiary themes seen in the play. It is remarked,

Christian martyrdom is the obvious theme in Murder in Cathedral and implied theme in The Family Reunion. Eliot has introduced his favourite theme of Christian martyrdom, which has relevance to the contemporary world, in The Cocktail Party also.

Primarily, the play deals with the different levels of spiritual experience; of the saint and of ordinary life. The saint in the play is a modern girl born and brought up in a good modern family. The martyrdom of Celia takes place against the backdrop of the ordinary life of Chamberlaynes. Edward and Lavinia Chamberlaynes have been leading a life of incompatibility and discord. Lavinia runs away from the house on the eve of Cocktail Party to solve the discord by means of a desperate measure. After being deserted by Lavinia, Edward realises he could not love Celia, whom he thought he loved. When Celia sees her relationship with Edward in a true light, she reels under the great blow. Celia’s sense of having failed in her search for something great and important is devastated. The resulting mental agitation compels Celia to see a psychiatrist who shows her two distinct paths- first is the familiar world and second being that of sainthood.

The theme of the play is more than martyrdom. The play depicts two ways of life chosen by characters that are differently endowed with spiritual qualities. Hence, the question of choice assumes great significance in the play. Celia has to make a significant choice. She is suffering from a strange sense of guilt and chooses the other way, the way of saint. Eliot makes it clear that neither of the two ways is better. Each is good in its own way at the level on which it is made. Celia chooses the other way, and her choice is important because it indicates a higher spiritual level. It has the power to influence the lives of others. Celia joins a nursing sisterhood, takes active part in it and finally meets a horrible death achieving martyrdom.

Therefore, the impact of Celia’s martyrdom brings about spiritual regeneration and so makes the other characters more capable of adjustment with each other with common life and natural order of things. Each of the character has been trying to work out his own salvation; each is confronted with a choice and is helped and sustained by the self-sacrifice of Celia.

 

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